If you can get past the subtle barbs in the article title, I've got quite the find sure to blow your socks off: Crytek and Nvidia have joined forces to bring you, yes you, an affordable PC built around the idea of running Crysis on Highest settings at a solid 30 frames per second... just in time for the release of Crysis Warhead (which is rumored to have more optimization options for a wider range of PCs anyways). Yes, now you won't have to go to your nearest forum board to ask the question "can my PC run Crysis?" because, my friend, you will already know.
Without further ado, the specs:
- Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 2.66 GHz 3M CPU
- NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT 512MB GPU
- G31 mATX Motherboard
- 2 GB RAM
- 250GB 7200RPM 3G SATAII Hard Drive
- 16X DVD-ROM
- Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Adapter
- Integrated Realtek High-Def Audio
- Keyboard & Mouse Included
- Ultra X-Blaster ATX Mid-Tower Black Case
- 1 Year Parts & Labor Warranty
Are you done drooling yet? Good, because you need to brace yourself for how insanely AFFORDABLE this machine is : $699!!!!!!!!! You can submit your email at Tiger Direct to be notified when this rig goes on sale.
Now, I have always been a huge advocate of building your own machine, saving yourself some money and getting the specs YOU need... however I think I'd make an exception in that mentality for this particular rig. While you should never miss out on the opportunity to educate yourself and learn how your machine works, for the price and specs you can't go wrong with this Crytek rig. The only problem I have with the PC is it has 2gigs of ram and not 4, but it would be easily upgradable and relatively cheap to do so as well.
For the price though, you can't go wrong.
